{"id":7087,"date":"2011-10-27T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2011-10-27T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T00:43:58","slug":"art-modern-covers-for-classic-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/art\/cover-art\/art-modern-covers-for-classic-science-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Art | Modern covers for classic Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/cb3313281f4413fee24771d7564ffce1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/cb3313281f4413fee24771d7564ffce1-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Modern covers for classic Science Fiction\" title=\"Modern covers for classic Science Fiction\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote><p>The design of this series is meant to relate to the readers of Sci Fi but at the same time move away from its \u201cgeeky\u201d reputation. All the covers have a specific illustration on the front page relating to the topic of the novel. <\/p>\n<p>By restricting to 45 and 90 degree angles, the illustrations underline the fact that these novels are parts of a series and also give them that retro Sci-Fi feel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simple and clean, these covers manage to feel appropriately SF<em>ish<\/em> while embracing solid design and not relying on tropes of the genre (spaceships, alien figures, laser guns) to sell the idea. From a marketing perspective they might be a bit of a hard sell (the title and author are often hard to make out, unlike these <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/cover-art\/cover-art-gollancz-science-fiction-classics\/\" target=\"_blank\">similar re-coverings<\/a> from Gollancz), but they&#8217;d sure look purty on a bookshelf.<\/p>\n<p>More of artist Martin Dellin&#8217;s re-imagined covers can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/Space-Opera-book-covers\/1605649\">viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The design of this series is meant to relate to the readers of Sci Fi but at the same time move away from its \u201cgeeky\u201d reputation. All the covers have a specific illustration on the front page relating to the topic of the novel. 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